Don't get stuck at these airports during bad weather

Travelers at Logan International Airport in Boston last month try to rebook their canceled JetBlue flights.

Travelers at Logan International Airport in Boston last month try to rebook their canceled JetBlue flights. (CJ Gunther / EPA)

Hugo Martin

If you are stranded by bad weather, you don’t want to be stuck in Washington's Dulles International, New York's LaGuardia, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Philadelphia International or Boston's Logan International airports.

Those were the five airports rated as the worst in which to be stranded, according to a survey of more than 44,000 people by the travel-dating website MissTravel.com.

The respondents based the ranking on cleanliness and access to free wireless Internet, among other factors.

Jennifer Gwynn, a spokeswoman for MissTravel, said she remembers being stuck in an airport where she spotted rats near a baggage carousel. “That didn’t make me feel like I could sleep on the floor,” she said.

The biggest concern for stranded fliers is access to free Wi-Fi, she said. “You don’t want to be stuck somewhere and you can’t do anything on your smartphone.”